Triplateia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Triplateia Bartl. (1830)
Species:	T. moehringioides
Binomial name
Triplateia moehringioides (Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms[1]
Alsine moehringioides (Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.) Rohrb. (1873) Bufonia tenuifolia Moc. & Sessé ex Ser. (1824), pro syn. Hymenella moehringioides Moc. & Sessé ex Ser. (1824) Minuartia moehringioides (Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.) Mattf. (1921) Triplateia diffusa Bartl. (1831)

Triplateia moehringioides is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae.^[1] It is the sole species in genus Triplateia.^[2] It is an annual or subshrub native to northern, central, and southwestern Mexico, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.^[1]

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